Altered Zones

Last year, RVNG Intl. curated a month-long art installation for New York's White Columns gallery, which hosted Thurston Moore's influential Noise Fest back in 1981. And in the spirit of no wave experimentalism, RVNG sought out ex-DNA drummer Ikue Mori, who's collaborated with Fred Frith, John Zorn, and Zeena Parkins, and introduced her to Julianna Barwick, who recently played onstage with Ash Ra's Harald Grosskopf last month at the last Unsound Festival (which was amazing). Their release together is the sixth installment of the FRKWYS series and is product of two sessions of improvisation, one while the musicians were situated in seperate cubicles at the gallery with an audience and the other with just the two of them face to face. "Rejoinder," which sounds like a nine minute discussion between Mori's warbling electronics and Barwick's swelling voice, is the first excerpt to surface from the sessions. --Ric Leichtung, Altered Zones

Julianna Barwick & Ikue Mori: "Rejoinder"

Preorder RVNG Intl. and The Sound of White Columns' FRKWYS Vol. 6 12" on June 14th. The LP is available in limited edition, packaged in thick black jackets with a two-color adhesive wrap and a 24-page black & white zine, with just 50 subscriber copies coming in leatherette jackets. Keep an eye out around release date as the RVNG will have a set of four unique lathe cuts and an elaborate art book available for offers. The book features creative direction by Will Work For Good and photographs from the two events by Aubrey Mayer and Jody Rogac. But if you prefer a post-physical medium, you'll have to wait an extra week, 'til June 20th, to download the tracks from RVNG.

Julianna Barwick & Ikue Mori - Rejoinder